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While Wechsler offers an innovative solution to a long-standing problem that college administrators would be wise to consider, it has two important flaws for implementation on college campuses. First, the battle against "second-hand binge effects" presumably encourages students to realize the effects that their roommates, friends' or lab partners' drinking have on their own college career. By identifying the hazards caused by drinking on peer groups, Wechsler hopes to mobilize students to drink more moderately or not to drink...
Indeed, those who declined to dress up had to soak up some second-hand ebullience from their peers. For those who simply needed some cleavage-enhancing advice, Steve P. Jawak '96 offered a way to solve the dilemma...
Last year, Currier House designated one of its four towers as the only tower where smoking was allowed. This action came in response to large-scale complaints about Currier's ventilation system, which allows second-hand smoke to travel to the rooms of non-smokers. But Currier House's new smoking policy does not do enough to resolve the conflict it was designed to dispel...
...staff recognizes that individuals have a right to smoke and does not wish to persecute fellow students for making a personal choice. However, the widespread discomfort and possible health risks that accompany second-hand smoke as it drifts through the ventilation system lead us to call for stronger anti-smoking measures in Currier House...
Despite a new policy in Currier House that designated Gilbert Tower as the only section in the house where smoking is permitted, many non-smoking residents complain that they are still breathing second-hand smoke...